| In this study, hydrophilic poly（vinyl alcohol-co-ethylene）（PVA-co-PE） nanofibers werefabricated from PVA-co-PE/cellulose acetate butyrate （CAB） immiscible polymer blends,which was a high throughput, low cost and environmental friendly method for preparingthermoplastic polymer nanofibers. A new method was invented by our group to prepare PVA-co-PE nanofibrous membrane. The basic properties of PVA-co-PE nanofibrous membraneand commercially available membrane （mixed cellulose ester membrane） includingmorphology, pore size distribution, contact angle, mechanics, water fl ux and filtrationproperties were investigated. The rejection rate of PVA-co-PE nanofibrous membrane（nanofiber density is3g/m2） to TiO2suspension was more than99%, and such uniquehydrophilic nanofibrous membrane exhibited a flux rate significantly higher than commercialmicrofiltration membrane. The results indicated that PVA-co-PE nanofibrous membraneprepared by this method is a hydrophilic and high flux membrane which could be used in themicrofiltration fields. |
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